[Origin and influence of academic contending from cold school and warm school of paediatric].

The academic contending from cold school and warm school of pediatrics was derived from Qian Yi's and Chen Wenzhong's therapeutic opinions for measles and smallpox in the Song dynasty. The former claimed the use of cold and cool drugs, while the latter, maintained the use of warm and hot drugs. During the Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, physicians continually revised and supplied their therapeutic methods and started the academic contending in almost all fields of pediatrics, including therapeutic opinion for measles and smallpox, exogenous pathogenic diseases of children, miscellaneous diseases of children etc., which improved the further research on basic theory of pediatrics, such as constitution, physiological and pathological characteristics of children, and also pushed forward the academic development of pediatrics of traditional Chinese medicine.